Synonyms for forest
ˈfɔr ɪst, ˈfɒr-for·est

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1. forest, wood, woodsnoun

   the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

   Synonyms:
   woodland, timberland, woods, woodwind instrument, wood, timber, woodwind

2. forest, woodland, timberland, timberverb

   land that is covered with trees and shrubs

   Synonyms:
   woodland, tone, quality, wood, timbre, timberland, woods, lumber, timber

3. afforest, forestverb

   establish a forest on previously unforested land

   "afforest the mountains"

   Synonyms:
   afforest

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1. • Plant

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1. forestnoun

   Synonyms:
   wood (of large extent), woods, woodland, grove

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. forestnoun

   Synonyms:
   wood, woodland, timber-land, woods, wold, wildwood

   Associated words:
   sylvan, sylviculture, nemophilist, nemophily, nemoral, afforest, afforestation, silenus, hamadryad, glade, reforestize, reforestation, reboise, reafforest, forestry, forester, disboscation, disforest disforestation, hag, assart, camass, cruise, cruiser

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1. List of paraphrases for "forest":

   forestry, forests, forêt, forestière, forestier, woods, bosque, woodland, forestali, forester, foresters, forested, jungle, timber, forestal, forêts, stumpage, wald, logging, wood, rainforest, forest-related, selva, lin, vorst, woodlands, laforest

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. forest

   Synonyms:
   Wood, woods

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1. Shamte Mahawa Mangwi:

   The loggers seem to be very well organized and armed. Unfortunately our local forest guards do not have the capacity to confront them.

2. Robert Bonnie:

   The infrastructure bill is a great down payment on this challenge, what Forest Service really needs is a 10-year significant step up in resources. The reconciliation package would move us years ahead.

3. Cristiane Mazzetti:

   The figures show that the strategy adopted by the federal government is inefficient to contain the destruction of the most biodiverse forest on the planet, prohibiting fires on paper does not work without efficient command and control operations by the designated agencies.

4. Sherry Rehman:

   Pakistan is living through one of the most serious climate catastrophes of the world, we are at this point ground zero of the front line of extreme weather events, which we have seen from early this year from an unrelenting cascade of heat waves, forest fires, flash floods, multiple glacier lake outburst events and now the monster monsoon of the decade.

5. Xavier Jenkins:

   It is genuinely so surprising that a site like Thunderstorm Ridge took this long to be discovered, and it's revealing a hidden diversity of ancient life at Petrified Forest.